The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-21

There is yet room for great industry to
thrive by furnishing our market with rich
clusters of Texas grapes to eat, instead OF
having to supply the market from Mexico
and Calafornia.
Talk as well about the destruction Of the
cornfelds, because every spring is.not allow
cd Its distillery TO turn the corn Into whisky;
or the humiliation Of our peach orchards,
because brandy may not be made from their
fruit.
Terrible Is the picture attempted to be
drawn of the spies and informers that will
be necessary, say the advocates Of the sa-
looms, to infest our homes. Not so. No
nody but the law violator fears spies and in
formers. BE assured that violators OF the
laws will be investigated, prosecuted, and
punished. The grand jury will do the in
England 1t has done that service and IT does
the work well. II is a body of gentlemen
and representative men belonging to the
best class of the people. Law breakers and
evil minded persons have learned to look
upon the institution with fear and hostility
Not so with the law.abiding citizen: Il Is
his friend and we may trust IL to deal with
the liquor seller.
The bill Of rights in our constitution.
which will still be there, has been found,
heretofore, amply equal to the task OF pro-
tecting tine homes of the people-the hum
blest as well as the grandesi-fr0m invasion
and disagreeable espionage. We will trust
to 1t still. We will not be frightened into
everlasting submission, to the monument
al crime Of this age by intimida-
ton and the fear that the safeguards of our
constitution will not shield the innocent.
II II is possible for the rich man to have
his fine wines and whisk es, under this law,
that may be his misfortune. The fact that
the poor man can not obtain them Mt all.will
h,,r IA, ia mil Ha ulaU
by practicing a lie of sobriety become him
self rich man. There be many vices that
the rich may indulge which the poor man is
saved from. With all the other ills OF pow
trty must the government furnish to the
poor nan an opportunity to indulge in oil
the excuses, habits, and vices OF the richY
IL Is objected that the people propose to
decide this question for themselves by their
individual ballots, rather than by the legis-
lative enactment A pure democracy 10 one
where the people act directly on political
questions without the intervention OF rep
resentatives. While the details Of legisla-
| ton are lett to representatives, there seems
no good reason why the people themselves
should not decide great issues like the pres
ent one. We may concede 80 much to our
opponents; that so great question as the
present one ought not to be decided except
| by the will OF the people. O1tfntimes the
| will of the people is not carried out BY their
representatives. Various personal consld-
erations may influence the ELECTION OF
representative, other ISSUES may be .nvoiv-
ed in the same canvass the vote may mis-.
understood the views OF. the candidates or
| the representative may not fully carry out
| the views of the constituent.In one district Il
prohbitionist may be elected by large ma
jority 10 be neutralized by an anti election
in another by small one.
When the people vote directly, IL there Is
, no fraud practiced upon him, each mans
vote counts just as he intends IT., and the
result of the whole will show unquestion-
ably what a majority Of the people want.
When the people tire of the law, they may
repeal " themselves in the same way that 1t
Will be enacted. None but the people them
selves can abolish IL when 1t is planted in
the constitution. Neither the treachery nor
purchase Of legislators, or the influence of
the lobby can then cheat them out of IT,
Many good men oppose the amendment,
who say they are opposed to til. saloons;
but think they ought TO be suppressed in
some other way. Something else ought to
have been proposed.
With profound respect for the great
body of men who are opposing Prohibition,
and believing myself that the amendment
as presented isin the best possible form to
| promote q successful execution OF II, think
the objection Is an unfair one.
All other measures proposed TO suppress
the evil jects of the saloon traffic have
proved f.ilures. Those, who oppose
this amendment have proposed nothing In
its stead. This measure VIII suppress the
saloon frame ii IL Is ueicated IL VIII pea
victory for the saloons.
Every vote must be for or against the
saloons.
According 10 the fate Of this measure
the saloons live or die. VIII the
result OF this contest, viii the voice OF the
ballot correctly proclaim the Will oithe peo-
pie Of Tc xas on this vital issueY We shall